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Archive for December, 2005

You Kids Get Off My Lawn!

Posted by Chris on December 2, 2005 at 5:03 pm.

I have a birthday coming in a couple of weeks. However, I was not expecting to see this in todays mail:

The letter accompanying my new AARP membership card and registration form assures me that my admission is guaranteed as long as I am age 50 or older. My approaching birthday will be […]

Filed under: Humor

Fifty Years

Posted by Chris on December 1, 2005 at 9:37 pm.

On December 1, 1955, Chapter 6, Section 11 of the City Code of Montgomery, Alabama prescribed that the first four rows of public bus seats were reserved for �white people.� Although more than 75% of Montgomery city bus passengers were black, the ordinance also required black patrons sitting in the �colored section� to […]

Filed under: U.S., History